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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is normal albumin levels?
diet recall
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
dark green - orange - drybeans
2. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
rickets - osteomalacia
6 oz. a day
3. What is the function of vitamin C?
hemorrhage
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fats
4. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
trans fatty acid
vitamin C - citrus fruits
hemoglobin
5. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
fats
can consume more calories without weight gain
one tspn salt or less
vitamin C - citrus fruits
6. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
protein
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
18-25
7. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
milk - enriched grains
hemoglobin
dietary approach to stop hypertension
8. What foods have high quality protein?
milk - enriched grains
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
18-25
9. When does BMR increase?
milk - enriched grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
carrots and sweet potatoes
dietary approach to stop hypertension
10. Fats can lead to some medical problems
dietary approach to stop hypertension
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
protein
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
11. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
milk - enriched grains
fat soluble vitamins
prealbumin levels
300 cal/day increase
12. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
18-25
protein
13. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
4 calories/gram
cream cheese - cream or butter
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
low albumin levels < 3.4
14. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
one tspn salt or less
one week period
15. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
protein and fat
16. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
18-25
fat soluble vitamins
17. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
liver and intestinal synthesis
B and C
dark green - orange - drybeans
low albumin levels < 3.4
18. How many calories/gram is protein?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
4 calories/gram
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
19. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
2.5 cups
transferrin
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
hemoglobin
20. What is the function of vitamin E?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
protein and fat
hemoglobin
antioxidant - immune function
21. When does BMR decrease?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
review of systems
22. What are healthy sources of fats?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
dark green - orange - drybeans
starches - sugars - and cellulose
23. What does DASH stand for?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
starches - sugars - and cellulose
dietary approach to stop hypertension
dairy and fortified foods
24. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
diet recall
4 calories/gram
trans fatty acid
25. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
protein and fat
can consume more calories without weight gain
carrots and sweet potatoes
B and C
26. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
6 oz. a day
27. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
rickets - osteomalacia
liver and intestinal synthesis
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dairy and fortified foods
28. What function is vitamin D?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
2.5 cups
29. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
vitamin K
4 calories/gram
atrophy or wasting of muscle
500 cal/day
30. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
review of systems
dairy and fortified foods
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
2 cups
31. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
18-25
albumin levels
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
decrease in total lymphocyte count
32. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
milk - enriched grains
decrease in total lymphocyte count
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
33. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
hemoglobin
antioxidant - immune function
34. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
review of systems
500 cal/day
albumin levels
35. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
hemoglobin
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
can consume more calories without weight gain
36. Sources of fats
diet recall
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
can consume more calories without weight gain
18-25
37. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
transferrin
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
day week or month
38. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
review of systems
low albumin levels < 3.4
antioxidant - immune function
39. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
day week or month
one tspn salt or less
liver and intestinal synthesis
protein
40. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
fat soluble vitamins
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
6 oz. a day
41. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
dietary approach to stop hypertension
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
42. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
day week or month
fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
43. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
2.5 cups
44. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
2.5 cups
protein
TPN total parenteral nutrition
45. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
500 cal/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
46. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
carrots and sweet potatoes
fats
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
47. What is RDA of protein?
prealbumin levels
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fat soluble vitamins
review of systems
48. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
49. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
18-25
protein
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
review of systems
50. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
cream cheese - cream or butter
3 cups